Japan, U.S. to hold ministerial security talks on Jan. 7

Japan and the United States have decided to hold a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers on Jan. 7 in Washington to discuss major security issues, officials familiar with the plan said Wednesday.Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi are likely to confirm with their U.S. counterparts Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin that the two countries' security alliance should be bolstered in new areas such as space and cybersecurity in the face of China's military modernization and expansion.It will be the two nation's first "two-plus-two" talks since Japanese Prime…READ FULL ARTICLE